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to use as an excuse · excuse; pretext

jiè kǒu
WordHSK 7-9
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I don't want to hear any more excuses.
You'll have to manufacture some kind of excuse.
Even if I grant that what you say is true, it is no excuse.
To make an excuse for having stayed out late.
What's Tom's excuse?
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